To leave baby crying if…

Most kids start their day at 6.

Hmm I didn't read that in the OP at all. Please quote where is says that

Sorry just seen it was 5am! I thought you did it just before 7!
You did the right thing. They needed more sleep (and so did you).

I did controlled crying when my child needed to sleep (at night time) but there's no way this would work just before 7am. Your child clearly has had enough sleep and is ready to get up! I mean if it was 5am or something it's worth a try, but 6.30am? No way. Just get them up. Bring them to you bed for a cuddle if you want to stay in bed longer.
I don't understand why you'd leave them to cry at them time. Surely you can't relax if they're crying?

OP, don’t worry. I did this sometimes with mine. If you’re extremely tired and you needed some sleep but still checked on them, it’s fine. You’ll be a much better parent this morning if you’ve rested and recharged too.

Maybe you need to read up on developmental stages, attachment and sleep. Babies were left to cry in the past but things have moved on and we now know the damage that it does. Once is probably unlikely to have an impact but if it becomes a regular thing then your baby is going to learn that their needs are being ignored.

Now I’m confused people are saying 10 minutes before 7 of course that’s not unreasonable
But then others saying 5am
but 5-7 am is not ten minutes it’s two hours, so now the post is now not making sense

actually edited found the reply from the
op to another comment

** because it was 5am and they usually sleep until 7

They went back to sleep so I’d say you made the right call. Being left for a few minutes to self settle is completely different from being ignored and left to cry repeatedly for hours. Young children do need to learn to settle themselves sometimes. Some of the comments here are ridiculous.

6am perhaps, but I think 7am is quite late for that age.

I’ve been trying to treat anything before 6am as night time. The only suggestions I can make is maybe looking at their daytime sleep, if they even have any now? Making sure bed time is at the right time and they’re not getting over tired.

So why is the title
The title? To leave crying? From 5-7
been in to settle a few times over two hour's”

is pretty ignoring ,I think I would feel I’d ignored my child if I’d only been in few times and left them crying for two hours
sorry but that is my opinion from what I’ve read , if yours is different your entitled to your own opinion, that’s fine of course , but mine won’t be changed and is formed from what I’ve read

Agreed.

My 21 month old has got up at 5 since he was tiny. I wish it had have been a phase😂

Why before 7am? They are probably just ready to start the day. Totally normal, what are you hoping they will do? Sit there till you are ready?

The title? To leave crying? From 5-7
been in to settle a few times over two hour's”

is pretty ignoring ,I think I would feel I’d ignored my child if I’d only been in few times and left them crying for two hours
sorry but that is my opinion from what I’ve read , if yours is different your entitled to your own opinion, that’s fine of course , but mine won’t be changed and is formed from what I’ve read

She didn't ignore for 2 hours, it was 10 minutes and the toddler went back to sleep.

Not ‘maybe’- you should have got them up. It’s not early and they need you. Selfish.

Gosh lots of arsehole posters on at this time of the morning, 50 years ago people used to park the pram at the bottom of the garden and even 20 years ago people advocated cry it out to get your child to sleep.
OP I think only you can judge how to balance your needs and your child's, many random strangers on the internet will loudly tell you all child's needs trump all parents needs but that's not the case.
Having said all that you're child's distress won't damage them but it is telling you something important so use that information and if it starts happening more often then consider solutions. Eg blackout curtain, later bed time, change nap time or length, buy books about sleep and read them together, put an air bed in their room for early mornings for you, etc etc.
Good luck and I'm sure you're doing your best parenting (which is better in the long term than "perfect" parenting

Who has been ignoring for 2 hours? Dis you read something different to me?

After 6 you get up surely…. Your baby was crying for you and you just ignored them?

But it was 5 am not 7.

I would've probably just hauled them in with me fro the off rather than spend time settling but it's hardly that terrible they were left to cry to 10 mins. Certainly wouldn't be getting up with a child at that sort of hour. No way would I reward and encourage such early morning waking

If it was 5am I absolutely would give resettling a go first. And 10 minutes of crying, then back to sleep shows baby was obviously tired and not ready to start their day yet. Waiting a couple of minutes to see if it’s resettling grumble vs. a proper wide awake scream was always what I did too. More often than not they’d go back to sleep.

My first born rarely made it to 6am. Very high energy and an early riser (he still is at 20)!
I never let my babies cry. A couple minutes to see if they self settled, if not I'd go in.